sugihara bars v husqvarna bars

[forest tink]

well I plumped for the sugi pro,will be fired into action on Monday,seems a nice solid bar,cant wait to try it out

[spruce man]

Give the nose of the bar plenty of grease or it will fail.great bars but the noses are the weak point

[Stubby]

Give the nose of the bar plenty of grease or it will fail.great bars but the noses are the weak point

 

Never greased any of mine and none have failed ( yet ! ) . When I used to regularly grease sprocket noses they did periodically fail and I put it down to the grease attracting the grit and crud so stopped doing it ....

[SawTroll]

Never greased any of mine and none have failed ( yet ! ) . When I used to regularly grease sprocket noses they did periodically fail and I put it down to the grease attracting the grit and crud so stopped doing it ....

 

I stopped greasing bar noses about 10 years ago, and never had a single failure, except the occational "chips freeze-up", that is easily cleared.

 

The bar oil takes care of the lubrication, I assumed then - and still do.

[Stubby]

I stopped greasing bar noses about 10 years ago, and never had a single failure, except the occational "chips freeze-up", that is easily cleared.

 

The bar oil takes care of the lubrication, I assumed - and still do.

 

It seems we are of a similar opinion then bud !

[forest tink]

the bar cuts pretty well,quite impressed,think I might purchase another

[Daythe trees]

My 560, seems to wear bars down quite quickly especially the teeth of the nose sprocket which it seems to sharpen to a point much quicker than I would expect. As for greasing the sprocket I don't bother I use an oil can and 20 w motor oil every couple of days to clean out the sprocket over the wheelie bin then turn the oiler up more than required. Maybe this is the issue but I find grease just locks crud in and that just screams abrasion at me.

[Stubby]

My 560, seems to wear bars down quite quickly especially the teeth of the nose sprocket which it seems to sharpen to a point much quicker than I would expect. As for greasing the sprocket I don't bother I use an oil can and 20 w motor oil every couple of days to clean out the sprocket over the wheelie bin then turn the oiler up more than required. Maybe this is the issue but I find grease just locks crud in and that just screams abrasion at me.

 

Agreed .

[doobin]

Stihl bars are like Stihl saws- they just work; day in, day out

[peatff]

So manufacturers putting grease holes in their bars don't know what they are on about and you obviously know better ? I've used grease in mine and they have no problems so it must be the luck of the draw How does the abrasive material get in the bar and get held in more because there is grease in there ? If they didn't put the little grease hole in would it not get in there ? It's still going to get in and mix with the oil.